LABELS FOR QUILTS

HELLO MY DEAR FRIENDS! I hope you are having a wonderful time and enjoying your summer! We have hot weather but lovely wind! Perfect Sunday to relax a little bit and spend some time with sewing!

I have been following with a great interest Rebecca’s Quilting Class! Rebecca is writing a beautiful blog ‘Chasing Cottons’! It’s worth of visit because she makes really beautiful quilts! Rebecca has made every quilt lesson really carefully and well and I have learnt a lot from her and the other bloggers who have visited the class. Last Wednesday the lesson was about labelling our quilts. It made me think about my labels …

This is the back of my latest quilt. It’s a small wall hanging quilt and I haven’t even showed this to you yet … and still you need to wait an other post …

In this quilt I remembered to make the label before quilting the front and back together, so it was much easier to do it.

Thinking of the labels and my quilts I realized that some of them doesn’t have any label – like ‘Finnish Forest’. I am thinking to make a tree, write on it and sew it on the back side of this quilt.

Often some things are just waiting and waiting to be done. The label for ‘Nero’s Garden’ was one of these.I had even cut the piece of fabric for that label and still it was missing. But now finally it’s done …

First quilts I have made are summer quilts. Because we have so hot summer, I made two quilts without wadding. All the solid colour fabrics are from shirts (mine, my hb’s and my father’s) and the ‘painted’ fabric has been my mother’s table cloth.

These quilts don’t have any label – I have just stitched a signature. I think I should make a label for these, too.

That dark colour is blue (not black) and the binding is blue-white checked. These quilts have very simple pattern but I like them. The pink one is mine and this orange is my hb’s. When I started to make these I was cutting lots of scuares and finally there were many of them left – just what I needed to make matching pillow cases!

The front of the pillow has four house blocks. I think these were my first houses and now they look very simple but it was fun to make them! And the back of the pillow has squares. I named these pillows ‘Houses in the Rose garden’.

So this was my ‘quilt with label story’ for the moment. I go to add my link in Rebecca’s post – you can visit there and find out other great ways to label your quilts!

Today I have fishes on my sewing table … birds are finnished for the moment but I think there are more birds coming …

Thank you for all your sweet comments and I’m happy that you told me your experiences with Cicadas = Nero’s small monsters = τζιτζικας! Even I speak Greek, I had wrote ‘tzitzikas’ wrongly and that’s why I couldn’t find information in English.

Hi Teje..I always love all your work and these are all beautiful and will be extra special now that you’re sewing on these lovely original labels. I can just imagine you in your home in the heat of summer sewing these wonderful summer quilts! I hope you have the most enjoyable week.

I am getting better at remembering to add labels, but you remind me that I have two labels on my notice board, and the quilts have been given to their new home. I must remember to take the label next time we visit!

Very cool labels indeed and a nice excuse to see a lot of your quilts again, which I always enjoy! Thank you for the sweet comments you have been leaving us lately — you always make me smile with them! Looking forward to seeing what else you have been sewing lately!

I like the looks of your labels, Teje! I’m in the process of finishing a quilt for my daughter upon the birth of our first grand-daughter and have been thinking about how I want to do the label. Thanks for the good ideas!

I love the idea of doing hand embroidery for a quilt label! What a nice surprise and treat to discover that on the back of a handmade project. I’m also loving your sea pictures and your fabulous pillow cover!

Your quilts are wonderful and EVEN more precious with those handmade labels! They just add that extra bit of personal touch and, even they might seem like some extra work, they just emphasize the hard work you put into your quilts. Love all of them!

I love your labels. Especially the first one. I have only labelled a couple of quilts so far. Everything else has been sent as gifts without me thinking to do it first. I must change that! And your stitching of the star at the top is beautiful. Enjoy your summer weather. We are not having so much summer in the UK this year!

I love your quilt labels, Teje. Each one is special in its own way. We really should all label our quilts for the future, but sometimes it gets overlooked. Something to bear in mind for all quilt makers from now on – thanks for spreading the word!
Have a lovely week in your beautiful sunny place.
Helen x

Hi dear Teje, I will spend some time to send you a little surprise,becaus my father by two days is getting worste…chemioterapy is very strong,so, in my heart I’m very sad and not able to create something nice for you like I would..
Please, excuse me.

Lovely quilts! I really like the little squares one. You’ve given me some good ideas for labels. I’m looking for ideas for my latest quilt. But I want it done quickly! Maybe next project will have a hand-sewn label like your beauties. Superb work!